Ilzetzki, Ethan 
ORCID: 0000-0002-7573-9411 and Reichardt, Hugo
(2020)
Ramping up ventilator production: lessons from WWII.
VoxEU.
Abstract
Countries worldwide are scrambling to procure medical supplies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several governments have called on non-specialist firms to produce medical ventilators. This column draws three lessons from US munition production in WWII. First, ramping up production takes time, particularly for non-specialist producers. Second, international cooperation is needed to share knowledge on production technology and supply chains. Third, direct public investment in plant expansions should be part of the strategy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://voxeu.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Economics Centre for Macroeconomics |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 07 May 2020 08:54 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Oct 2025 23:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104263 |
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